106:1 | Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. |
106:2 | Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise? |
106:3 | Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right. |
106:4 | Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them, |
106:5 | that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may share in the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in giving praise. |
106:6 | We have sinned, even as our fathers did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly. |
106:7 | When our fathers were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea. |
106:8 | Yet he saved them for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known. |
106:9 | He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert. |
106:10 | He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them. |
106:11 | The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived. |
106:12 | Then they believed his promises and sang his praise. |
106:13 | But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his counsel. |
106:14 | In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wasteland they put God to the test. |
106:15 | So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease upon them. |
106:16 | In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD. |
106:17 | The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram. |
106:18 | Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked. |
106:19 | At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal. |
106:20 | They exchanged their Glory for an image of a bull, which eats grass. |
106:21 | They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt, |
106:22 | miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. |
106:23 | So he said he would destroy them--had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them. |
106:24 | Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise. |
106:25 | They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD. |
106:26 | So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the desert, |
106:27 | make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. |
106:28 | They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods; |
106:29 | they provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them. |
106:30 | But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked. |
106:31 | This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come. |
106:32 | By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them; |
106:33 | for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips. |
106:34 | They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, |
106:35 | but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. |
106:36 | They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. |
106:37 | They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. |
106:38 | They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood. |
106:39 | They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves. |
106:40 | Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance. |
106:41 | He handed them over to the nations, and their foes ruled over them. |
106:42 | Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power. |
106:43 | Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin. |
106:44 | But he took note of their distress when he heard their cry; |
106:45 | for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented. |
106:46 | He caused them to be pitied by all who held them captive. |
106:47 | Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise. |
106:48 | Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD. |
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